Polonium, Laser Satellites & The Future of Robots
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Dan is back with your weekly dose of Science; from dangerous Polonium to robot specialist, Dr. Lucy Rogers, to hearing loss. If you want a science expert to answer your questions, comment on the podcast with your question!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB digital radio across the UK or online at funkidslive.com. |
| 0:10.2 | Now, I've had a look at your brain and if I'm being honest with you, I really think it can get like much, much, much bigger. |
| 0:17.9 | Which is why we're back for another episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly. Hello, welcome along. Thank you so much for giving us a listen. This is where we talk about the most amazing, weird and wonderful things in the universe. And we get all the breaking sciencey stuff in here as well. Now, today we're chatting to a proper robot expert on the show. |
| 0:38.3 | She's an engineer. |
| 0:39.3 | She's a maker. |
| 0:40.3 | She's a judge on Robot Wars off of the telly, so she knows her stuff. |
| 0:44.2 | She is Dr. Lucy Rogers. |
| 0:46.2 | She will be on this show soon to let us know what a robot actually is, how they define it, how they make it, and how we can stop them taking over the world. |
| 0:54.4 | So that's on it in a little bit. |
| 0:56.0 | Also, we'll chat about one of the most deadly poisons known to man in this week's |
| 1:00.9 | Dangerous Dan, and you can find out why we're using laser beams to track the wind and what |
| 1:06.5 | it's doing. |
| 1:07.3 | That's on a little bit later on. |
| 1:08.8 | First, let's get your gadget questions answered with a |
| 1:11.7 | brand new episode of Technomumus. Technomum, engineering explorers. I'm addicted to funny videos, |
| 1:20.8 | even if it's just animals doing derpy things. Sometimes I laugh so much it actually hurts. |
| 1:27.3 | Mom, you've got to see this one. |
| 1:29.3 | You've left all the lights on downstairs. |
| 1:31.3 | That's a real waste of energy. |
| 1:33.3 | We do have to pay for the electricity, you know. |
| 1:36.3 | Sorry. |
| 1:37.3 | Hey, imagine if we could capture the energy from laughing. |
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